Houston private school receives $5 million boost

A $5 million donation to the Kinkaid School from the Katz family is the largest gift in the 106-year history of the college-prepatory school.

The Jerold B. Katz family made the donation to support Kinkaid’s capital campaign and performing arts program. Their son, Lenny C. Kratz — a 1984 Kinkaid graduate — suffered a traumatic brain injury in a car accident on his way home from college in 1989. He has required daily nursing care every day since.

Of the gift, $4 million will help pay for 25 acres of land to expand the campus. The other $1 million will create “The Lenny Fund, ” an endowment to support the performing arts center, which was renamed earlier this month in Katz’s honor.

“For years, our family has committed significant funds to support world-class research around traumatic brain injury, ” Evan Katz, Lenny’s older brother, said in a prepared statement. “We know Lenny would be extraordinarily proud of the advances we have helped to fund — but this one is different, this is for Lenny and the wonderful memories of his vibrant childhood at Kinkaid.”

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And everyone should get out of HISD NOW! Go to one of these private schools!

And while we’re at it take back that T. Grier’s $60K bonus!

Not only is Apollo a disaster, but thanks to “Breakfast in the classroom” we now have RATS overrunning our schools! They are chewing through school supplies. And for all those people out there saying “Let’s have healthy food”? Can we start with no RAT PEE OR POOP on our children’s food?

And there’s a bunch of sick kids out there right now. If they are sick due to these rats? Let’s run T. Grier right out of town on a rail!

The only hope for the kids’ futures are parents that care to send their students to the private schools. More donation to the private schools are needed for scholarships of students whose parents can not afford it.